Two aircraft have been damaged today due to a ground incident at Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport, Russia The left wing winglet of an Airbus A320neo (reg. VP-BWC) of S7 Airlines collided with the APU of an A320 (reg. VP-BDL) from Ural Airlines. The incident took place during taxiing at St. Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport (LED), Russia, this Sunday.…
A Vietjet Air plane skidded off the runway at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday afternoon, landing amidst a heavy downpour. The airbus A321 (reg. VN-A657) was operating flight VJ322. It had flown in from Phu Quoc Island off the southern coast. As it landed at Tan Son Nhat,…
South Africans on a South African Airways repatriation flight departing from Frankfurt in Germany have faced multiple delays after the plane’s door reportedly malfunctioned. According to a South African on the flight, they were scheduled to leave Frankfurt at 13:55 on Friday. Once boarded, the passengers were informed one of the plane’s doors was not…
SpaceX has successfully deployed 58 additional Starlink satellites and 3 SkySats into low-earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9. Saturday’s launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Center was the first mission that included rideshare customers, delivering payloads for two different customers. Starlink is the next-generation satellite network capable of providing Earth’s inhabitants with broadband Internet access.…
Emirates has retired a first A380 form its fleet. Emirates A380 (reg. A6-EDB) was seen at Dubai International Airport without Emirates without its livery. The aircraft (msn 13) was only 12 years old, delivered in October 2008. First flight on 2 April 2008. It performed a test flight on May 14 after a last commercial…
A Chinese scientific researcher suspected of espionage was arrested in Los Angeles this week as he attempted to leave the United States, officials said. Xin Wang was taken into custody on June 7 as he prepared to board a flight to Tianjin, China, the US Attorney’s Office in San Francisco and the local FBI office…
British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have launched a combined legal action against what they have branded a “flawed” quarantine introduced by the government earlier this week. From Monday travellers arriving by plane, ferry or train – including UK nationals – must give an address where they will self-isolate. They are requested to self-isolate for two…
Russian nuclear-capable bombers were intercepted and escorted by U.S. fighter jets during a flight over neutral waters near Alaska. The first Russian formation consisted of two Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets and an A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, which came within 20 nautical miles of Alaskan shores, according to NORAD.…
A Pakistan International Airlines flight from Riyadh had to make an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport, Karach. PIA flight PK8726 from Riyadh was scheduled to land at Multan airport but developed a technical fault, forcing it to make an emergency landing at the Karachi airport. Sources said that the issue developed with the…
German airline Lufthansa has said it will cut 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the slump in air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier predicted a slow recovery in demand and expected to have about 100 fewer aircraft after the crisis. Lufthansa said half the job cuts would be in Germany.…
Emirates has laid off over a thousand employees including 700 cabin crew and 600 pilots. “We have endeavored to sustain the current family as is… but have come to the conclusion that we unfortunately have to say goodbye to a few of the wonderful people that worked with us,” the airline said in an email…
Footage captured over the weekend shows a plane being struck by lightning just moments before landing at Heathrow. Video shot in central London shows the plane attempting to land in stormy weather passing just over buildings near the river Thames. As it slowly descends the aircraft is suddenly struck by what appears to be three…
